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McLeod Bethel-Thompson to start at quarterback for Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - Veteran McLeod Bethel-Thompson will start at quarterback Saturday night when the Toronto Argonauts host the B.C. Lions. James Franklin started the first two games of the year for Toronto (0-...
Jul 03, 2019
Stampeders want more clarity on quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell's injury
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders are seeking a second opinion on quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell's injury without revealing exactly what it is. The CFL's Most Outstanding Player and Grey Cup MVP in 2018 ...
Jul 03, 2019
Alouettes' Brodeur-Jourdain prepared for swan song against Tiger-Cats
MONTREAL - The Luc Brodeur-Jourdain era in Montreal will come to a close Thursday night. The Alouettes offensive lineman will don cleats and pads for the last time when his team faces the Hamilton Tig...
Jul 03, 2019
Blue Jays ride season-high 18 hits as Toronto downs Kansas City Royals 11-4
TORONTO - Charlie Montoyo always believed his hitters were better than what they have shown for much of the season. "It started with (Lourdes) Gurriel. We sent him down, he came back and got hot and t...
Jul 03, 2019
System failed slain Quebec girl, youth protection internal probe finds
MONTREAL - An internal probe has found no one person or service can shoulder the blame for lapses in the case of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl who'd been followed by youth protection. It found th...
Jul 03, 2019
Algonquin Nation guaranteed space in Indigenous centre as deal ends hunger strike
OTTAWA - The Algonquin Nation will be guaranteed a space in a major Indigenous centre in Ottawa after an agreement with the federal government ended a grand chief's hunger strike. Verna Polson of the ...
Jul 03, 2019
Average vet faces 32-week wait for benefits decision, double government target
OTTAWA - The long delays many veterans face when applying to the government for assistance for service-related injuries has reached a new milestone. Former service members have long been promised that...
Jul 03, 2019
Kamloops student a ‘Name the Puppy’ contest winner
KAMLOOPS - Caleb Kilba, a student at Rayleigh Elementary School, beat the odds and was lucky enough to name an RCMP puppy.Each year the RCMP Police Dog Services Training Centre in Innisfail, Alberta, ...
Jul 03, 2019 Cst. Kevin Challoner presenting Caleb Kilba with RCMP baseball cap, stuff German Shepherd, and photo of Marlow. (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)
Bobcat released back into B.C.’s wild after months of rehabilitation
PENTICTON, B.C. - Gallagher the bobcat is once again roaming B.C.'s wilderness.On Saturday, the female juvenile bobcat was released in the South Okanagan following nearly five months of captivity to m...
Jul 03, 2019 Image Credit: BC Wildlife Park
Nutrien says 34 workers trapped underground after service shaft malfunction
SASKATOON - Nutrien Ltd. says 34 maintenance workers have been trapped in its Cory potash mine in Saskatchewan since Tuesday afternoon. Company spokesman Will Tigley says the service sh...
Jul 03, 2019
